So it's not really running on the hardware? Am I missing something silly? How does this fundamentally differ from me RD or VNC'ing into my Windows machine? Other than the long list of limitations they list - which I don't have when RD'ing to my Windows box?
I think they are saying that you can either stream a remote desktop, or run it in a virtualization tool and the license permits this. I don't think this means that Microsoft supports running Windows 11 natively on Mac M1 or M2. Which IMHO would be really nice (I prefer Windows as my OS but right now the Macs have a better hardware).
I can't imagine the battery life is very good in real world compared to the mac. I haven't tested nor have I looked at any benchmarks, so it's entirely possible I'm totally wrong. But I haven't heard people claiming performance similar to the mac.
Running windows in boot camp drastically cut battery life.
My point was that, and I say this from experience, if you get 8 hours of battery life on a MacBook running macOS you won’t get 8 hours running windows. You will get less, sometimes significantly less.
The person I originally replied to wanted to get a MacBook and put windows on it because the MacBook gets such great battery life. If they do put windows on it, the battery life won’t be so great anymore.
That depends on whose approval you mean. Apple already blocked the release of Microsoft's xCloud streaming app on iOS.
I'd rather use VMware Workstation/Fusion over Parallels (or UTM). Parallels gets grosser and ickier to me over the years while VMware seems to just remain one solid product.